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  • 6 medium tomatoes
    halved
  • 2 tsp olive oil
    plus a drizzle
  • 1 red onion
    finely chopped
  • 8 padron peppers
    or 2 green sivri peppers (or use 1 green pepper if these aren’t available), sliced into rounds
  • 2 tsp pul biber
    (aleppo chilli flakes), plus a pinch to serve
  • handful of wild garlic
    or spinach
  • 100g stale bread
    of your choice, torn into bite-sized pieces
  • 3 eggs
  • 100g feta
  • 50g halloumi

Nutrition: Per serving (6)

  • kcal186
  • fat10g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs13g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre3g
  • protein11g
  • salt1g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Arrange the tomatoes cut-side down in a roasting tin, drizzle with some olive oil and season. Roast for 20 mins. Set aside to cool.

  • step 2

    Meanwhile, cook the onions in a medium ovenproof frying pan with the 2 tsp olive oil over a medium heat until they start to caramelise, about 8 mins.

  • step 3

    Once the onions have softened, add the peppers and season with salt, pepper and the pul biber. Peel the skins from the roasted tomatoes, then add these to the pan of onions and peppers along with all the resting juices.

  • step 4

    Crush the tomatoes roughly with a wooden spoon and cook for 5 mins over a medium-high heat. Add the wild garlic or spinach and wilt for a minute, then remove from the heat. Tuck the bread pieces in amongst the mixture, then create three gaps for the eggs using the spoon. Crack the eggs into the gaps, crumble over the feta and grate over the halloumi. Drizzle with some extra olive oil and sprinkle with a pinch of pul biber.

  • step 5

    Turn the oven down to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and bake the shakshuka for 12-15 mins. The eggs should be cooked but runny in the middle, and the feta, halloumi and bread should be crisp and golden.

RECIPE TIP

PREPARE IN ADVANCE

You can make the roasted tomato base ahead up to the middle of step 4, just before adding the eggs. Leave to cool completely, then tip into a freezerproof container and freeze for up to three months. Defrost completely in the fridge before continuing with the recipe.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2021

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A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.7 ratings

swilliamsnmiPecRQ

Tasty principally due to the melted cheese. I would be interested to find a shakshuka that is delicious yet with a reduced amount of cheese. Use of fresh toms left mine quite dry, even when going into the oven. I see others in the comments used tinned toms, and that may be a good solution to add…

amandaoliver

Delicious - I only had 2 eggs and I used half a can of tinned tomatoes because I only had a few fresh tomatoes. Again delicious 🤤

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Cora123DE

it was very nice- however doubled the number of eggs - how can you divide 3 eggs among 4-6 persons?

Muffin_lover

This turned out tasty. Next time maybe I’d skip out roasting the tomatoes and use either tinned cherry tomatoes, or just throw the fresh tomatoes in the oven at the same time as the eggs which I think would also work well. I didn’t have any Aleppo chilli flakes so used 1tsp cayenne pepper and 1tsp…

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